The Three Year Itch has replaced “The Seven Year Itch, ” as the turning point where couples begin to take each other for granted, according to a new survey. Weight gain, greed, toe nail remains on the bathroom floor and snoring are some of the spoilers of passion that has led to a faster decline in relationships in the 21st century. This according to a study commissioned by Warner Brothers to promote the release of the new film, “Hall Pass” that is being released in the UK.
The survey of 2,000 British adults in steady relationships identified 36 months as the time when relationship stress peaks and points to a new trend of “pink passes” and a “solo” vacations from partners and spouses that many British couples resort to in order to keep romance alive.
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Healing after infidelity can be difficult for both partners in a relationship. In this article we will consider some of the steps that you need to take to save and strengthen a marriage or long term relationship after one or both of the partners has had an affair.
1. Establish Honesty
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Infidelity is a threat to marriage, but it’s not always an insurmountable issue. Learn how to repair a marriage after one spouse is unfaithful.
By Wyatt Myers
Medically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH
The extramarital affairs of celebrities like Tiger Woods bring infidelity to the headlines, but marital infidelity is nothing new. Reliable statistics on the subject are hard to find, but some estimates suggest that 25 percent of husbands and 15 percent of wives have been unfaithful — and even more have thought about it.
When infidelity occurs, it can obviously cause a deep rift in the relationship between a husband and wife. And while marital infidelity often creates an uproar (especially when a celebrity is involved), the reality is that many unfaithful marriages can be salvaged, says Tina B. Tessina, PhD, a psychotherapist and author of Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting About the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage. “As a therapist who works with couples every day, I can categorically state that it is possible to repair the marriage after infidelity,” says Dr. Tessina.
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Sex is the most popular topic on the Internet! This of course reflects the fact that sex is probably the most popular topic…period! Can a marriage survive without sex? Does a sexless marriage even have a chance? And how can couples get the sex back in their marriages – and make it sizzle?
One of the biggest sources of both pleasure and conflict in a relationship is….sex. Marriage counselors will tell you that sex tops the list of the most pressing and talked-about issues that married couples deal with. Some marriages have a healthy sex life, but many have very unhealthy sex lives or little to no sex at all. In fact, more and more marriages are sexless. Reasons why some marriages are sexless (or have problems with sex) include: Read the rest of this entry
By Stephanie Tweito Jacob May 28th 2010 1:00PM
In the most Spartan of terms, the secret to a good marriage might simply be to love the one you’re with. And there are even loads of science to back that up. In her new book, “For Better: the Science of a Good Marriage,” author and health journalist Tara Parker-Pope applies rigorous research to the big things in a relationship — sex, money, kids, fighting — and more interestingly to the (seemingly) small things — housework, snoring, eye rolling, even the way couples retell the story of how they met. Turns out marriage isn’t quite what most of us probably think it is: Wed couples are actually having more sex than anyone, conflict can be a good thing and more than 50 percent of us are staying married. AOL Health picked Parker-Pope’s brain about the factual, not fluffy, answers to what makes relationships work.
AOL Health: Who knew there was so much research — real scientific studies — about marriage? How is science able to predict a good marriage?
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Article written by BridgeMaker guest contributor Tess Marshall. Please visit her at The Bold Life.
People often ask my husband and I how we’ve managed to stay together over the years (38). They often ask us for “our secret.” There is no secret.
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It’s hard to believe after saying your marriage vows that your relationship is on the brink of no return. Something happened that either is so trivial as leaving cookie crumbs in the bed or maybe a major insult to injury that tested your trust for your partner. Even the more advanced relationships can get snagged on the smallest of disputes. The current recession doesn’t make it any better, sometimes financial hardships and challenges can make your relationship worse. During the economic stress, we often do not realize what is going right and what your partner is trying to do to make life easier for you both. The only thing that everyone agrees on and that is noticeable, is how you both are irritating each other.
As pessimistic comments start building, you can find that you are going full speed at negativity and its default mode will most likely end up becoming the blame game. That’s when your struggles to get along with each other begin to become more frequent. Being mean and contemptible will often prompt you to say or do things that you may regret latter. You get caught up in the moment. Everyone knows in order to win an argument, it is the survival of the fittest, who can insult the worse or make the other person feel like a heel for their needs that continue to go unmet.
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Our hearts are heavy. We have all watched in horror as the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti unwound leaving a catastrophe for survivors and aid workers to comprehend and work through. And now, we witness the real courage of the families left without news or closure in the United States and Haiti waiting on news of their loved ones. There are some that believe we as people have become immune and desensitized to implausible injuries and blood. After watching the events unfold in Haiti, that statement can no longer be true. We have been forced to watch and endure the pain of the families and orphaned children left behind and the agony of not knowing from those that are waiting many miles from this unforeseen tragedy.
It has been joy and happiness on one hand when survivors are found. And then grief and sorrow when hearing the news there were no survivors at some of the search locations. Our hearts ache at public outcries to aid workers to look here or there and in doing so, that life is not found. We view our television sets with incomprehension as we observe the mass graves and hear stories of the smell attached to death.
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What makes Brett Favre keep ticking? For all intensive purposes Brett Favre was finished as a quarterback in the NFL. His had played for 19 years, 308 consecutive starts, and two retirements and held some of the best NFL passing records in his career. However, he never closed the door to playing again. If you remember, no one really knew with certainty that he would stay retired.
Then on August 18, 2009, something happened. Brett Favre signed a two year deal with the Minnesota Vikings. And the rest as they say is history. He is having the best time of his career, not only professionally, but personally. Unfortunately, he won’t be taking part in the Super Bowl this year.
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There are many reasons why marriages fail. If yours is on the brink and you want an answer to the question ‘can i save my marriage?’, I have some helpful information for you.
First of all you need to honestly assess your marriage. Is there really anything left worth saving? Sometimes the answer to that is no and you have no choice but to move on. But, if you honestly feel like you still care for your spouse and that there is still a lot of love and good in your relationship, the next thing you need to do is honestly evaluate your role in the break down of your marriage.
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The Three Year Itch has replaced “The Seven Year Itch, ” as the turning point where couples begin to take each other for granted, according to a new survey. Weight gain, greed, toe nail remains on the bathroom floor and snoring are some of the spoilers of passion that has led to a faster decline in relationships in the 21st century. This according to a study commissioned by Warner Brothers to promote the release of the new film, “Hall Pass” that is being released in the UK.
